Permophiles Issue #34 1999 EXECUTIVE NOTES Notes from the SPS Secretary Glenister et. al., (page 3 this issue) as guide to correct format. References and their citation are particularly problematic and au- Claude Spinosa thors are requested to use the format in the above notation. Color figures can be accommodated but we require a contribution to off- Secretary, SPS set the additional printing costs. Permian Research Institute Dept. of Geosciences Special Permophiles Issue for 31st International Geological Boise State University Congress Boise, Idaho 83725, USA We intend to devote Issue 37, which follows the 31st Congress, [email protected] exclusively to publishing extended abstracts of the papers presented at the SPS symposium “International Standard References for the I want to thank all who contributed articles for inclusion in the Permian System: Cisuralian of Southern Ural Mountains, 34th issue of Permophiles and those who assisted in its prepara- Guadalupian of Southwestern North America, Lopingian of South tion. We are indebted to Bruce R. Wardlaw, Brian F. Glenister, and China”. Vladimir Davydov for editorial contributions; to Joan White for coordinating the compilation of this issue and for design of the new cover page; Vladimir Davydov translated several submissions from our Russian colleagues. We thank William Grautin, Chang Zin Lee, and two anonymous donors for financial contribution to the Permophiles publication fund in support of this issue. Our fund is in need of additional contributions and readers are referred to the last page of this issue. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR ISSUE 35 Future SPS Meetings Following the meeting of the “XIV International Congress on It is best to submit manuscripts as attachments to E-mail Carboniferous and Permian” (XIV-ICCP) to be held in Calgary, messages. Please send messages and manuscripts to my E- Canada, August 1999, an SPS meeting will be held in Brescia, and mail address followed by hard copies by regular mail. Manu- Sardinia in September 1999. The latter will be in conjunction with scripts may also be sent to the address below on diskettes the meeting of the “Continental Permian of the Southern Alps and prepared with WordPerfect or Microsoft Word; printed hard Sardinia (Italy): Regional Reports and General Correlations”. copies should accompany the diskettes. Word processing In the year 2000, the SPS will meet in conjunction with the files should have no personalized fonts or other code. Spe- 31st International Geological Congress in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, cific and generic names should be italicized. Please refer to August 6-17. The SPS will sponsor the general symposium “Inter- recent issues of Permophiles (Glenister et al., this issue) national Standard References for the Permian System: Cisuralian for reference style, format, etc. Maps and other illustra- of Southern Ural Mountains, Guadalupian of Southwestern North tions are acceptable in tif, jpeg, eps, or bitmap format. If America, Lopingian of South China”. Brian F. Glenister, Bruce R. only hard copies are sent, these must be camera-ready, i.e., Wardlaw, and Tamra A. Schiappa are the conveners. The general clean copies, ready for publication. Typewritten contribu- symposium consists of an afternoon poster session accommodat- tions may be submitted by mail as clean paper copies; these ing all accepted contributions followed by a morning oral session must arrive well ahead of the deadline, as they require consisting of invited keynote speakers. Please refer to Call for greater processing time. Contributions to 31st International Geological Congress, page 38 Please note that articles with names of new taxa will not of this issue. Information regarding the Congress and the SPS Sym- be published in Permophiles. Readers are asked to refer to posium is also available from Tamra A. Schiappa: the rules of the ICZN. [email protected] and at the site: http://www.31igc.org or. Future Issues of Permophiles E-Mail: [email protected] Issue 35 will be finalized by December 1999 and I request that all manuscripts be sent before December 15 – but preferably much Mailing Address: Prof. Claude Spinosa earlier. Late manuscripts, arriving close to the deadline, cannot be Permian Research Institute returned to the author for checking after we make editorial changes. Dept. of Geosciences Those manuscripts that arrive early can be sent to the author for Boise State University proofreading. Please note that I will not be in my office during Boise, Idaho 83725, USA July–December 1999; therefore the preferred method for sending manuscripts and for other communication is by E-mail SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR ([email protected]) or by regular mail. Phone and fax will ISSUE 35 IS, DECEMER 15, 1999. not be available. I ask all contributors to please read the section below regarding submission format. Please use the article by 1 Permophiles Issue #34 1999 Notes from the SPS Chair International Commission on Stratigraphy Bureau ICS Chairman ICS 1st Vice Chair Bruce R. Wardlaw Prof. Jürgen Remane Dr. H. Richard Lane Chair, Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy Institut de Géologie 6542 Auden U.S. Geological Survey Université de Neuchâtel Houston, TX 77005, USA 926A National Center Rue Emile-Argand,11 voice: (713) 432-1243 CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzer- fax: (713) 432-0139 Reston, VA 22092-0001, USA land [email protected] [email protected] ICS Secretary General The Spring has been very active for the Subcommission mov- Prof. Olaf Michelsen ing toward defining many of the subdivsions of the Permian. The Dept. of Earth Sciences University of Aarhus Permian Subcommission met with the International Conference DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark on Pangea and the Paleozoic-Mesozoic transition in March in Wuhan, China. It was a very fruitful meeting highlighted by the Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy excellent field trip to the proposed stratotype for the Lopingian SPS Chairman SPS 1st Vice Chairman (Upper Permian). The proposal for the Upper Permian Series is in Dr. Bruce R. Wardlaw Prof. Ernst Ya. Leven a very mature state and we anticipate its formal proposal soon. U.S. Geological Survey Geol. Inst. RAS 10917 The Guadalupian (Middle Permian) and its constituent stages is 926A National Center Pyjevskyi per 7 Reston, VA 22092-0001, USA Moscow, Russia formally proposed in this issue. In addition, a call for further dis- fax: 703-648-5420 voice:095-230-8121 cussion, based on new, refined data, is also included in this issue voice: 703-648-5288 [email protected] on the formal definition of the Sakmarian. [email protected] We hope to have very serious and lively discussions on all the SPS 2nd Vice Chairman SPS Secretary stages of the Permian at the Congress on Carboniferous-Permian Dr. C. B. Foster Prof. Claude Spinosa this summer in Calgary. The Artinskian and Kungurian still need Australian Geol. Surv. Org. Dept. of Geosciences more work and I encourage everyone to strive to assemble the GPO Box 378 Boise State University necessary data to define properly these stages. Canberra 2601, Australia Boise, Idaho 83725, USA [email protected] fax: 208-426-4061 The official annual meeting of the Subcommission is at the voice: 208-426-1581 Congress on Carboniferous-Permian this August, but the Subcom- [email protected] mission will also be meeting with the Continental Permian of the Southern Alps and Sardinia (Italy): Regional Reports and General Subcommission on Triassic Stratigraphy Correlations. As the marine international standard matures, the most important effort for the Subcommission is to create “bridges” STS Chairman STS Secretary General Prof. Maurizio Gaetani Geoffrey Warrington, STS Sec- to terrestrial and provincial depositional areas (i.e., improve the Dip. di Scienze della Terra retary correlation). This is the spirit of the newly created working group Università di Milano British Geological Survey that is working on transitional biotas to “bridge” these correla- Via Mangiagalli 34 Kingsley Dunham Centre, tions between basins or provinces. On this note and mentioned in 20133 Milano, Italy Keyworth fax: +39 2 70638261 Nottingham NG 12 5GG a letter from Dr. Grunt in this issue, the Subcommission partici- voice: +39 2 23698229 Great Britain pated in a wrap-up session during the Symposium on Upper Per- [email protected] [email protected] mian Stratotypes of the Volga Region last summer and endorsed a summary memorandum to the Government of Tartarstan Republic to encourage and fund further study of the classic Russian Upper Permian sections, and to preserve the traditional stratotypes to guar- antee new, improved and refined correlation to marine standard sections. Next year’s annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the IGC in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. We hope to have a mature pro- posal for every stage division at that time. I look forward to a very active year. 2 Permophiles Issue #34 1999 REPORTS Proposal of Guadalupian and Component morphoclines, absolute dates, and paleomagnetics. Roadian, Wordian and Capitanian Stages as International Standards for the Middle Permian Historic Preamble Prolonged deliberation of SPS members culminated in the man- Series dated formal postal vote by Titular (voting) Members that approved subdivision of the Permian System into three series, in ascending Brian F. Glenister order Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian (Report of Presi- University of Iowa dent Jin Yugan, Permophiles #29, p. 2). The “——usage of the Department of Geology Guadalupian Series and constituent stages, i.e. the Roadian, the Iowa City, IA 52242, USA Wordian and the Capitanian Stage for the middle part of the Per- mian.” was approved unanimously by 15 voting members. Pro- Bruce R. Wardlaw posal of the Guadalupian as a chronostratigraphic unit of series U. S. Geological Survey rank (Girty, 1902) predates any potential competitors by decades 926A National Center (Glenister et al., 1992). Of the three component stages currently Reston, VA 22092-0001, USA recognized, the upper two (Wordian and Capitanian) enjoy com- parable priority.